Rack for note-disks.



N0. 628,943. Patented .Puly I8, |899.

F. C. KASIK. RACK F0l'i NOTE DISKS.

(Applicatio led June 2, 189B.)

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FRANZ O. KASIK, OF RAHWAY, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE REGINA MUSIC BOXCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

[RACK FoRfNoTE-Disksq SPECIFICATION forming part ,of Letters Patent No.628,943, dated July 18 1899:""1 l Application filed Tune 2, 1898. SerialNo. 682,347. (No model.)

To all whom 'zZ-z5 may (1o/werft: tion-sheets spaced apart for thereception of Be itknown that I, FRANZ O. KASIK, residnote-disks O, asclearly indicated in Fig. -l. ing at Rahway, Union county, State of NewThe partition-sheets or partitions B are ap- Jersey, have inventedcerta-innew anduseful ertured, as at d. The apertures are traversed 55 5Improvements in Racks for Note-Disks, of by one or more connecting-rodsD. These which the following is a full, clear, and exact connecting-rodsare preferably spaced apart, description. as shown in the drawings,linorder that the My invention relates to racks which are esedge of thenote-disk O may rest upon the i .pecially adapted to hold circularnote-disks said rods and be firmly supported in such po- 6o ro forautomatic musical instruments; and the sition as will be clearlyapparent from an inobject of said invention is to produce a sim spectionof Fig. 2. At each end of the series ple, compact, and efficient rackwhich will reof partitions an end sheet-su pport E is located, `'fainthe said note-disks in order and will pre* which end sheet-supports arealso apertured vent them from being injured, at the same and givepassage to the rods D. These sup- 65 I5 time allowing ready access tothe disks when ports are preferably hinged or otherwise pivdesired andfacilitating their selection. otally connected to the base', but may,how- To these ends myinvention consists in the ever, be supported by thebase in any other novel arrangement and combination of parts suitablemanner. In orderto preventthe rods hereinafter described and claimed. Dfrom being withdrawn from the device, they 7o 2o In the accompanyingdrawings,wherein like are provided with stops at or near their ends.

characters indicate corresponding parts in the In 'the present instancethese stops are shown various views, Figure l is a vertical central inthe form of a crossbaror cross-head f, consectional View of thepreferred form of my necting adjacent ends of the two rods, so thatdevice, taken on the line l l of Fig. 3, with the two rods and theirconnecting-rods or 75 25 the difference, however, that Fig. 3 shows thecross-heads f will constitute a four-sided partition-sheets parallel.Fig. 2 is a transframe. The 'rods are freely movable in the versesectional view of the same, looking in apertured end supports .andpartitions and the direction of the arrow, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is are nototherwise connected to the base, so a plan View of the deviceillustrated in Figs. that the greatest latitude of movement is al- 8o 3ol and 2, showing all the partition-sheets parlowed tothe end supportsand interposed parallel. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail fragmentitions. Itwill thus be seen that while the tary sectional view of a modified formof departitions are not connected to the base they vice embodying myinvention, the said secare held in place by the rods D, so that whilet-ion being taken on the `line a 4L of Fig. 5. the partition-sheetsmaybe freely moved and 85 3 5 Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View ofthe deswung in the arc of a circle they are, nevervice shown in Fig. 4,said section being taken theless, irremovable from the base.- It willon' the line 5 5 ofFig. 4;. Fig. 6 is a fraginenbe understood that thisdescription applies tary face view of a portion of an index-strip, onlyto the form shown in the drawings, as to which reference will behereinafter made. the construction may be departed from with- 9o 4oSpecial reference being hadto Figs. 1,2,and out departing from thespirit of 1n y invention.

` 3 of the drawings, A indicates the base ofthe I prefer .to provideeach of the partitionrack, which maybe provided on its upper face sheetswith a numeral or like character, as with serrations a, in which areadapted to represented in Fig. 3, to designate one of the rest the endsof `partition-sheets B. The notedisks which is adjacent thereto. Thus 9545 lower ends of these partition-sheets are pref by reference to Fig. 3of the drawings it will erably provided 'with an angular metallic beseen that the 'rst partition bears the nusheathing h, while the sheetsthemselves are moral 1,77 and in order to determine in pracpreferablymade of wood. In the present intice what the noteedisk forward thereofis stance the metallic sheathing is shown as pron reference may be hadto an index F, (shown ico 5o vided with an enlargement c upon one sidein Fig. 4,) and opposite the corresponding desthereof, so as to properlymaintain the partiignation or numeral on this index appears the name ofthe tune which the disk forward of the first sheet is designed to play.By

these means selection may be made from theindex and the note-diskdesired may be readr sheathing at the lower edge thereof are eachprovided with a projection g, which it adapted to enter a recess orchannel h, contained in the side strips 't' of the base. In thisconstruction the .end supports E instead of being hinged in the mannerillustrated in Figs. l, 2, and 3 are mounted on the base in any suitablemanner. It will be understood that in this modification vthepartitionfsheets B may be moved or slid along the connectingrods D inaddition to their movement around their lower edges in the are ofacircle.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

l. In a rack especially adapted for storing music-box note-disks, thecombination of a base, apertured end supports mounted upon the saidbase, a series of apertured partitions intervening between the said endsup-l ports and freely movable with respect thereto and a loose rod orrods passing through the apertures in the end supports and partitionsand wholly disconnected from the base except in so far as the endsupports and partitions may serve as such connection and a suitable saidrod or rods-Will beV freely movable With respect to the base, the endsupports and the note-sheets so as not to crarnp the said end supportsand note-sheets to prevent movement thereof.

2. In a rack especially adapted for storing circular note-sheets formusic-boxes, the combination of a base, apertured end supports pivotallysecured thereto so as to swing, a series of apertured partitionsinterposed between the end supports and a rod or rodsr passing freelythrough the apertured end supports and partitions and provided at eachend with a stop and wholly disconnected from the base save in so farv asthe end supports and partitions may effect such connection.

3. In a device for storing note-disks for music-boxes, the combinationof a base, a plurality of end supports pivotally secured to the base, aseries of apertured partitions freely movable with respect to the base,a plurality of rods D passing freely through the end supports andpartitions, adjacent ends of the said stop at each end of the rod orrods,whereby the rods being connected by cross-heads or crossbars f,whereby the said rods and their crossbars constitute a four-sided frame,the said frame being freely movable with respect to andWhollyvdisconnected from the base save in so faras the end supports andpartitions effect such connection.

FRANZ o. KAsIK.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. SMITH, MAURICE BLOCK.

